Technology - general
A noble gas cage
22 Jul 2014
Steam from the sun
By By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | 21 Jul 2014
A new sponge-like material structure developed at MIT generates solar energy directly into steam
A-maize-ing double life of a genome
19 Jul 2014
Oxford University researchers captured a ‘genetic snapshot’ of maize as it existed 10 million years ago when the plant made a double of its genome
IBM announces $3 bn for chip research for cloud, big data systems
12 Jul 2014
IBM says these investments will push it's semiconductor innovations into advanced technology leadership required for the future
Flying snakes — how do they do it?
08 Jul 2014
New research investigates the workings behind the flight and whether they can be applied to mechanical issues
Engineers envision an electronic switch just three atoms thick
By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 01 Jul 2014
The secrets of children’s chatter: research shows boys and girls learn language differently
01 Jul 2014
Girls and boys learn to use language differently; while girls were more likely to remember words, boys were more likely to create words and sentences in ‘real-time
India setting up world's second-largest gamma ray telescope in Ladakh
28 Jun 2014
The telescope is fitted with over 1,300 specialised diamond-turned mirrors that can capture gamma rays that hit the earth’s atmosphere from space more than 100 million light years away